1 Kings 18:11
in 1 Kings 18And now you say, ‘Go tell your master that Elijah is here!’
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
KJV
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
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This verse in 1 Kings 18
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Is it you, my lord Elijah
on 1 Kings 18:7-14
Obadiah's long protest measures Elijah's standing, since Ahab has searched every “nation or kingdom” and made each swear “that they had not found you”. He fears that “the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off”, leaving him to face the king alone. The text gives his fear six verses.
This site's exposition
Go tell your master that Elijah is here
Obadiah repeats the command of verse 8 word for word, and he repeats it again at verse 14. Each time the words carry his dread. John Gill notes that Elijah had orders to show himself to Ahab, and Obadiah was the servant at hand.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And now thou sayest, go tell thy lord, behold, Elijah is here. Which, if I should not be able to make good, would be of fatal consequence to me; and that it is plain he feared, by what he next says.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Art thou he that troubleth Israel--A violent altercation took place. Ahab thought to awe him into submission, but the prophet boldly and undisguisedly told the king that the national calamity was traceable chiefly to his own and his family's patronage and practice of idolatry. But, while rebuking the sins, Elijah paid all due respect to the high rank of the offender.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
That they did not find you. For the nation was unable to find you. 2 Below v.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעַתָּ֖ה | veatah | and now | H6258 → | 433 times |
| אַתָּ֣ה | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| אֹמֵ֑ר | ʾomer | [are] saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| לֵ֛ךְ | lekh | go | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| אֱמֹ֥ר | ʾemor | say | H559 → | 5305 times |
| לַאדֹנֶ֖יךָ | ladoneikha | to master<s> your | H113 → | 333 times |
| הִנֵּ֥ה | hineh | here! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| אֵלִיָּֽהוּ׃ | ʾeliyahu | Elijah | H452 → | 71 times |
וְעַתָּ֖הand now
veatahH6258 →433 times
אַתָּ֣הyou
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
אֹמֵ֑ר[are] saying
ʾomerH559 →5305 times
לֵ֛ךְgo
lekhH1980 →1546 times
אֱמֹ֥רsay
ʾemorH559 →5305 times
לַאדֹנֶ֖יךָto master<s> your
ladoneikhaH113 →333 times
הִנֵּ֥הhere!
hinehH2009 →843 times
אֵלִיָּֽהוּ׃Elijah
ʾeliyahuH452 →71 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
4 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 18:8“It is I,” he answered. “Go tell your master, ‘Elijah is here!’”
it leads to
- 1 Kings 18:3
and Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD,
- 1 Peter 2:17–18
Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.
- Romans 13:7
Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
- 1 Kings 18:3
Through
1 Kings 18:14And now you say, ‘Go tell your lord that Elijah is here!’ He will kill me!”
it leads to
- Matthew 10:28
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
- Matthew 10:28
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Kings
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil, The Books of the Kings.